Sky's (Not) The Limit for Seth Smith
Colorado's Seth SMITH has gone from Mr. September in the Rockies 2007 World Series bid to Mr. April back in Colorado Springs in 2008. Will Smith's career stop an hour south of the Mile High City?

Tracy RENCK
for SZ

Outfielder Seth Smith has been riding an emotional roller-coaster since last September, when he became an unlikely hero during the Colorado Rockies' improbable run to the World Series.

Smith, used primarily as a pinch-hitter, went 8-for-14 in the regular and postseason combined.

He shined in the Rockies' dramatic 9-8 win in 13 innings over the San Diego Padres in National League Wild Card tiebreaker game at Coors Field. Smith cracked his first career triple with one out in the sixth inning and he then scored on Kaz Matsui's sacrifice fly to give the Rockies a 6-5 lead.

That effort was not an aberration either.

In Game 4 of the National League Championship Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Smith delivered one of the biggest hits in the 15-year history of the club when he blooped a two-run double to left field that gave...

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